Shloka 13

पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings

Devanagari script

तमेकमनसं यान्तमव्यग्रमकुतोभयम्‌ । ददृशु: सर्वभूतानि जड़मानि चराणि च

Transliteration

tam ekamanasaṁ yāntam avyagram akuto-bhayam | dadṛśuḥ sarva-bhūtāni jaḍāni carāṇi ca ||

Translation

Muôn loài—hữu tình và vô tình—đều thấy ngài khi ngài tiến lên cao: vô úy, an tĩnh, tâm nhất điểm. Mỗi loài, tùy sức mình và theo đúng nghi lễ, đều dâng sự tôn kính xứng đáng; chư thiên lại rải mưa hoa trời xuống trên ngài.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकमनसम्: single-minded, one-pointed in mind
• एकमनसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यान्तम्: going, proceeding
• यान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अव्यग्रम्: unagitated, undistracted
• अव्यग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अकुतोभयम्: fearless (having fear from nowhere)
• अकुतोभयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकुतोभय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ददृशुः: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्वभूतानि: all beings
• सर्वभूतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• जडमानि: immobile, inert
• जडमानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जड
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• चराणि: moving (living beings)
• चराणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

शुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śuka
• sarva-bhūtāni (all beings)
• devatāḥ (the gods)
• divya-puṣpāṇi (celestial flowers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A mind made single-pointed and unshaken (ekamanas, avyagra) leads to fearlessness (akuto-bhaya). Such inner steadiness and purity naturally elicit reverence from the world and even divine acknowledgment, suggesting that spiritual attainment is recognized by the harmony it creates in all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śuka is described as moving upward—calm, concentrated, and fearless. All creatures, both animate and inanimate, witness him and honor him according to their capacity and customary manner; the gods further honor him by raining divine flowers.